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Global warming is amplifying Hurricane Florence’s destructive power

Hurricane Florence is likely to be highly destructive

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By Michael Le Page

It remains to be seen just how much destruction Hurricane Florence will wreak when it makes landfall, likely as a Category 3 storm in North Carolina on Thursday. But we can already be 100 per cent sure that the damage will be worse than it would otherwise be because of global warming.